A01=Jim Reisler
Author_Jim Reisler
Category=JBSL
Category=SFC
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Product details
- ISBN 9780786429073
- Weight: 295g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 May 2007
- Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This revised edition is an anthology of 10 African American sportswriters who covered baseball's Negro Leagues in the first part of the 20th century. The writers include Sam Lacy, Wendell Smith, Frank A. Young, Joe Bostic, Chester L. Washington, W. Rollo Wilson, Dan Burley, Ed Harris, A.S. "Doc" Young and Romeo Dougherty. The men represented here were pioneers in their own right. Writing for black weekly newspapers, they faced the same conditions as the leagues' players, from discrimination to endless travel. Yet it was through their writings that the public, both black and white were given an up-close, inside look at the day-to-day happenings of Negro League baseball.
Jim Reisler has written books covering such topics as baseball, the deaf, and sportswriters. He lives in Hartsdale, New York.
